Many smallholder poultry farmers in Nigeria constantly face the challenge of protecting their feed from pests such as wild birds and rodents. Local birds or rats that sneak into your coop not only ...

Sage and Stone Homestead When backyard chickens produce more eggs than a household can eat, that abundance can quickly become a use-it-or-lose-it situation.  One Kentucky homesteader is offering a ...

When I first brought home a rooster for my small backyard flock, I knew not everyone would be excited about it.

The homesteaders at Mason Dixon Acres demonstrate how to efficiently accelerate the decomposition process of your compost ...

Even those who have long supported allowing backyard chickens in Paxton are not so happy with the proposed new regulations ...

Matt Maier, owner of Becker, Minn.-based, 23-year-old Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed, grew up on a family farm in central ...

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the ₹200-crore greenfield chicken-processing unit of ABIS Proteins and the APIIC MSME Park at Pogurupalle village in Gudupalle mandal of the Kuppam ...

Something strange is happening. The financial case for backyard chickens has collapsed, yet more people are building DIY chicken coops than ever. That contradiction is the most interesting story in ...

There are more than 85 million backyard chickens in the United States. Here’s what you need to know before starting your own flock.

A free range chicken is pictured at a farm in Strathkinness, Fife in Scotland. CARL DE SOUZA CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images So you’re thinking about getting backyard chickens. Maybe a neighbor has ...

Raising backyard chickens used to be a rural pursuit. It isn’t anymore. Suburban lots, small urban yards and even rented properties now host the kind of small flocks that were once confined to working ...

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in seabirds in two Australian states. But don’t be fooled by the name: this virus also rapidly infects other animals. It has caused havoc in poultry ...